Work & commute · Jekyll Island

Work & commute in Jekyll Island, GA

Most working residents leave Jekyll Island for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Brunswick (22%), Dock Junction (9%) and St. Simons (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

55%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 308 Jekyll Island residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 1,161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jekyll Island.

308live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

1,161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jekyll Island goes to work

Brunswick6 mi away

22%74

Dock Junction11.3 mi away

9%30

Jekyll Island (in town)right here

9%29

St. Simons8.3 mi away

5%18

Jacksonville, FL52.3 mi away

3%9

Savannah66.9 mi away

3%9

Atlanta256.1 mi away

2%8

Darien19.4 mi away

1%5

Pooler72.7 mi away

1%4

Country Club Estates10.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%147

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Jekyll Island commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

46%

24%

26%

46%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jekyll Island is a job hub

3.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jekyll Island are

1,190 jobs are based in Jekyll Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jekyll Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jekyll Island

1,190 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Jekyll Island residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+25%

Jobs based in Jekyll Island, 2013 → 2023: 951 → 1,190. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.